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| Six people, including four policemen, have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir when suspected militants in army uniforms attacked a police post. | |
| The incident took place in Kathua district, barely a mile away from the facto border between the two countries. | |
| Security forces are now engaged in a gun battle with the fleeing militants in the neighbouring Samba district. | |
| Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan, has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. | Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan, has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. |
| India has a large security presence in Kashmir with tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces deployed in the region. | |
| In Thursday's violence, "three to four men" in army uniforms arrived at a police station in Hiranagar in Kathua and opened fire. | |
| Four policemen and two civilians were killed in the attack, police said. | |
| Reports say the attackers escaped after hijacking a truck and are now engaged in a gun battle with Indian troops in the Samba district of Kashmir. | |
| The attack comes days before the meeting this weekend between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. | |
| Peace talks between the two countries have been stalled for the past two years, and dialogue is expected to ease recent tensions along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between the two countries. |